What is the ruling on stoning the pillars during the days of Tashriq, and is it established that the Prophet stoned at night?

The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on stoning the pillars during the days of Tashriq?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. Stoning the pillars, according to the scholars, is among the obligatory acts of Hajj, not among its pillars, whether it is stoning the Jamarat al-Aqabah or stoning the three pillars during the days of Tashriq. Accordingly, stoning the three pillars during the days of Tashriq is an obligatory act of Hajj. Whoever leaves it intentionally is sinful and owes a fidyah (ransom payment) which he slaughters in Makkah and distributes to the poor. Whoever leaves it out of ignorance is not sinful, but he owes a fidyah which he slaughters in Makkah and distributes to the poor, because leaving the stoning, which I mean, falls under the category of leaving a commanded act that is not excused by ignorance or forgetfulness.
This is because there is a substitute for it, which is blood. Therefore, whoever leaves an obligatory act is required to offer blood for leaving it, meaning a fidyah which he slaughters in Makkah and distributes to the poor. If he finds nothing, he owes nothing, neither fasting nor feeding. Then, the obligatory time for stoning the pillars during the days of Tashriq
is after the sun passes its zenith. Whoever stons before the sun passes its zenith has stoned before the time, so it is not accepted from him, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) The time for stoning continues until the dawn of the following day. So, the stoning on the eleventh day is from the sun passing its zenith on the eleventh day until the dawn of the twelfth day, and the stoning on the twelfth day is from the sun passing its zenith on the twelfth day until the dawn of the thirteenth day, and the stoning on the thirteenth day is from the sun passing its zenith until its setting, because the night of the fourteenth day is outside the days of Tashriq, so it is not a time for stoning.

The presenter : May Allah bless you,

The questioner : Is it established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned at night?

The Shaykh : It is not established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned at night, but he granted a dispensation (rukhsah) to the women and granted a dispensation to the weak among his family to depart from Muzdalifah at night, meaning before the dawn, in order to stone before the crowd of people. However, he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not prohibit stoning at night. That is, it is not reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he forbade stoning at night.
But the people in his time did not need to stone at night because they stoned during the day with great ease. As for today, people are in need of stoning at night. Therefore, we hold that there is no blame on a person who stons at night, especially if stoning at night is more present in his heart and more humble, for then it is considered a case of hardship, because there is a difference between a man who stons during the day while struggling with himself due to the crowding and fearing that he will die before reaching the pillar, and a person who goes at night with tranquility and presence of heart, and stons while being humble and submissive to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The second state is undoubtedly better than the first.